There’s plenty of reason to still be excited about Kailer Yamamoto’s chances to be a first or second line NHL winger, even as he’s now been sent packing from Edmonton to developmental leagues after two brief NHL auditions.

Is there an unlikelier prospect in Edmonton Oilers’ system than
? As of this date two years ago the diminutive right-shooting rearguard was 23½ years old and had spent his entire professional hockey career in Sweden’s Division 1 and Division 2, which despite their handles are actually the third and fourth levels of Swedish hockey below both the SHL and the second-tier Allsvenskan.